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Sunday, April 17, 2016

Our Place

Tax Season marks the beginning of the
end...the end of school that is. It is also the green flag for “get
those summer plans wrapped up. Kids to summer camp, car trips to the
National Parks or your favorite beach. Every family has that “Place”
that defines their summers spent together, that is the cradle for
years of family time. Ours is Lake Vermillion, MN.

Our first trip there was in 2005.
Matthew was only 2 ½. I remember being scared to death that he would
end up in the lake and drown so he was not allowed out of the cabin
without wearing a life jacket.

Early on, Marc and the big boys would
spend two days on the lake with a fishing guide, catching all the
walleye they could.

Matthew and I would stick together at the cabin;
stabbing crawdads with a stick, digging giant rocks out of the earth,
searching for frogs.

He got his own kiddie fishing pole and I taught
him how to put worms on his hook. Really, I put them on and he said,
“Ooooh, gross, Mommy.” But he eventually started doing it for
himself and could sit long enough on the dock, leading to his
invitation to the boat.

This left Mommy at the cabin by herself for
two day. Poor Mommy ------ Are you kidding – lets do the happy
dance. Two days of hearing the lake lap on the shore. Two days of
watching the loons. Two days of lake air. Two days of knitting,
needlepointing and spinning. Ahh, heaven.

Hoping you will find a spot this summer
where you will experience a little bit of heaven.

Your summer journeys might require a
new project. We've put together some needlepoint canvases that are
travel related - places, animals and beaches as well as a couple yarn projects. The knitting
project is a little girl sweater that Cindy knit up called Helena.
It only takes 3 skeins of Co-Ba-Si to make a 12 months size. Heading
to Baltimore, check out this super cute crochet top.